Space Settlement Design Contest 2008 Results

Statistics

This year we received 156 submissions from 840 students sponsored by 74 teachers. Entries came from Bulgaria, Canada, China, India, Iran, Japan, Pakistan, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia and Uruguay. U.S. entries were received from 10 states: California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota and Utah.

Winners

Grand Prize

The Grand Prize winning submission for 2008 went to Alexandru Babeanu, Adela Capilnasiu, Claudiu Cherciu, Sevda Memet, Iren Resit and Daiana Toporau for their research project DACIA'S [link is to 6.8 MB PDF file].

The award winners are students of Ion Bararu from the Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran," located in Constanta, Romania.

Video presenting spaceships coming and leaving the settlement; rendered in 3ds Max:

Congratulations to all of this year's participants for such outstanding research projects. This year the 10-12th grade team category was extraordinarily competitive. Many of those who receive an Honorable Mention would have won the Grand Prize only a few years ago.

Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual, team (consisting of 2-6 students) and large group awards for two groups: 6-9^th grade and 10-12^th grade. Team names are listed by submission.

First Prize

Space Settlement -A Project, Rebeka Mukherjee, Garden High School, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 6-9 Individual.
Earth Prime, Ayon Pal, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 10-12 Individual.
BEN10 Space Colony, Velammal Matriculation School, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. 6-9 Team . (tie)
I.S.S. Vortex, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team. (tie)
Force India, H-100, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi, India. 10-12 Team.
Cosmogenesis, Apeejay School, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. 6-9 Large Group.
Utopia, Dayanand Public School, Maharashtra, India. 10-12 Large Group. (tie)
ECOPUS, IEC Escuela De La Construcion, Montevideo, Uruguay. 10-12 Large Group. (tie)
Space Settlements in Color, School of Creativity, Hong Kong, China. Artistic Merit.
Say PEACE!, Discovery Middle School, Fargo, North Dakota. Literary Merit.
The Halo Project, "Ovidius" High School, Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. Life Support.

Second Prize

Project Halo Endeavor, Cole Hilton Younginer Kadena Middle School, Okinawa, Japan. 6-9 Individual.
Farvahar, Pouya Baniasadi, Tehran, Iran. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
ARSH, Muhammad Usman Anwer, Lahore, Pakistan, Jordan. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Geopetra, Sequoia Middle School, Porterville, California. 6-9 Team.
Spark, Colegiul National "Mircel cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. (tie)
Aegis, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. (tie)
SPATTLE, St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. 6-9 Large Group.
TANGRA,Varna Schools, Bulgaria. 10-12 Large Group.
Sirius Space Settlement - SSS, Shelley Elementary School, American Fork, Utah. Artistic Merit.
La Estrella, St. Veronica School, Howell, New Jersey. Literary Merit.
Bria, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. Life Support.

Third Prize

Tera Orbis, Derek Gryga, New York, New York. 6-9 Individual. (tie)
SHRISTI, Surajit Das, Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam, India. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Klein Dorf, Nishant Nath, Bhubaneeswar, Orissa, India. 10-12 Individual. (tie)
Apollo 0.5, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team
HELIS, "Ovidius," High School, Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. (tie)
Janus, Apeejay School, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. 10-12 Team. (tie)
LEAP, Cortland Jr. High School, Cortland, New York. 6-9 Large Group.
Bellevistal, Cheeka, Haryana, India. 10-12 Large Group. (tie)
Liberia, Brother Andre Catholic High School, Markham, Ontario, Canada. 10-12 Large Group. (tie)
Hyokata Colony, Nelson's Primary School, Ahmedabad, India. Artisitc Merit.
Imagination, Nelson's Primary School, Ahmedabad, India. Literary Merit.
Potter's Wheel, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. Life Support. (tie)
Asgard, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. (tie) Life Support.

Honorable Mention:

Vastuyan, Nishant R. Karnik, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. 6-9 Individual.
Project Manoj, Ankit Sharma, N.K. Bagrodia School, New Delhi, India. 10-12 Individual.
Space Settlement, B. Vamshidhar Rao, Andhra Pradesh India. 10-12 Individual.
K21, Keyur R. Jain, Maharashtra, India. 10-12 Individual.
Somnium, Raffles Girl's School, Singapore, Singapore. 6-9 Team.
Helios, Orange Grove Middle School, Tampa, Florida. 6-9 Team.
ADWITYA, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. 10-12 Team.
Uddigaddi, Temasek Junior College, Singapore, Singapore. 10-12 Team.
Nimphel, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
The uEarth, "Ovidius," Theoretical High School, Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
COLOSSEUM, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Arkadia, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Rodinia, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
FutureX, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Archaeopteryx, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Xeneses, Northern Secondary School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 10-12 Team.
i Settlement, Emery Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Canada. 6-9 Large Group.
New Gaia, Alferez Campor and de la Virgen, Maldonado, Uruguay. 10-12 Large Group.
Adwitia Space Settlement, Police DAV Public School, Jalahandhar, Punjab, India. 10-12 Large Group.
ANUSHKA, Ryan International School, Delhi, India. Artistic Merit.
SURYAKIRAN, Ryan International School, Delhi, India. Artistic Merit.
ANUSHKA, Ryan International School, Delhi, India. Literary Merit.
SURYAKIRAN, Ryan International School, Delhi, India. Literary Merit.
Empyrean, Rajkot, Gujarat, India. 10-12 Team. Life Support.
Animus, National College, "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. Life Support.
Novaterra Space Settlement, Colegiul National de Informatica Tudor Vianu, Bucharest, Romania. 10-12 Team. Life Support.
Asgard, Colegiul National, "Mircea cel Batran," Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team. Life Support.

Teachers

These teachers involved their classes in the contest:

Ion Bararu, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania.
Donna Benoit, Emery Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Canada.
Julian Bilauschi, Dobrudjean College, Tulcea, Romania.
Dr. Madhurjya Prasad Bora and Mr. Tanmay Debnath, Cotton College, Guwahati Assam, India.
Samuel Carothers, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Rocia Castillo, Terrace Middle School, Tampa, Florida.
Poon Siew Cheng, Temasek Junior College, Singapore, Singapore.
Sorina Cotovanu, Bucharest, Romania.
Maga Cristinel, Ovidius High School, Constantza, Romania.
Lawrence D'Souza, Nelson's Primary School, Gujarat, India.
Kim Elison, Thais Rodriques and Goldie Gunderson, Shelley Elementary School, American Fork, Utah.
Barbara Anne Fisher, Orange Grove Middle School, Tampa, Florida.
Instructor Gaviraghi, Instructor Gimenez, Renzo Ghio and Fernando Gimenez, Liceo 4 de Maldonado, Maldonado, Uruguay.
Instructor Gopintha, Paramintha Concept School, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Amit Gupta, N.K. Bagrodia Public School, New Delhi, India.
Alok Gupta, Thakus Rup Lal, Durg, Chattisgarh, India.
Haris Hameed, Karachi, India.
Mr. Healey, Discovery Middle School, Fargo, North Dakota.
Shari Hembree, Sequoia Middle School, Porterville, California.
Linda Hickman, TLCI, Columbia, Missouri.
Yuri Kaneko, Turkish Education foundation, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Vikram Kumar, BIT Boy's Hostel, Durg, Chatisgarh, India.
Ginny Lennon, Branson Junior High School, Branson, Missouri.
Sorina Leu, Ovidius Theoretical School, Constanta, Romania.
Cheryl May, Lebanon Middle School, Lebanon, Kentucky.
Miss Madhuri and Sister Kanta, Maharashtra, India.
P. Maridasan, Velammal Matriculation School, Tamil Nadu, India.
Guarav Misra, New Delhi, India.
Biswajit Mukherjee, Garden High School, West Bengal, India.
Yogita Nagpal and Anuradha Punn, Amity International School, Gurgaon Haryana, India.
Joanne Nelson and Debra Palmer, St. Veronica School, Howell, New Jersey.
Steven Neuf and Kelly Senamici, Bergenfield High School, Bergenfield, New Jersey.
Mrs. Meeta Pathak and Mrs. Supriya Sant, Dayanand Public School Airoli, Maharashtra, India.
Lucian Oprea, Colegiul "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania.
Sanda Oprea, Colegiul "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania.
Stephanie Passeri, Cortland Jr. High School, Cortland New York.
Veselka Radeva, Varna Bulgaria.
Angel Ramos and Laurinha Da Silva, Alferez Campus and De la Virgen, Maldonado, Uruguay.
Emmanuel Ratnaraj, Apeejay School, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
A. Sasirekha, SBOA School, Tamil Nadu, India.
Archana Singh, Amity International School, New Delhi, India.
Rupinder Singh, Ghotra, Cheeka, Haryana, India.
Sarabjit Singh, Raffles Girl's School, Singapore, Singapore.
S. N. Singh and Rama Tiwari, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Karam Singh and Navdeep Sharma, Police DAV Public School, Jalandhra, Punjab, India.
Dolly Sogani and Sapna Sharma, St. Xavier's School, Rajasthan, India.
Sir Javed Sulehri, Beaconhouse Defence Campus, Lahore, Pakistan.
Humarashu Tripathi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
S. K. Trivedi, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Catherine Turner, Ringgold High School, Ringgold, Georgia.
Andy VanGinnken, Brother Andre Catholic High School, Ontario, Canada.
Allan Varni, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California.
Bryan Yager, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California.
Stephani Yip, School of Creativity, Hong Kong, China.
Sadhana Walia, Ryan International School, Delhi, India.
Mr. Weaver and Mr. Gouldman, Kadena Middle School, Okinawa, Japan.
Tom Wells, Northern Secondary High School, Toronto, Canada.

Judges

Richard Boyle, NASA Ames Research Center
Elizabeth Foughty, NASA Ames Research Center
Bev Girten, NASA Ames Research Center
Al Globus, San Jose State University Foundation at NASA Ames Research Center
Ruth Globus, NASA Ames Research Center
Anthony R. Gross, NASA Ames Research Center
Jeff Homola, NASA Ames Research Center
Rick Jacoby, NASA Ames Research Center
Dawn McIntosh, NASA Ames Research Center
Charles Neveu, NASA Ames Research Center
Hami Teal, NASA Ames Research Center

Special thanks to Ruth Globus and Wenonah Vercoutere at NASA Ames Research Center for supporting this educational activity.

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